Circle
Senior Staff Data Engineer
San Francisco - remote first in US · Staff+
Sponsorship not specified$225k-$290kDetected 50 days ago
PythonGoBigQueryKubernetesCI/CDAirflowdbtData Engineering
About the role
- Enterprises, financial institutions, and developers use Circle to power trusted, internet-scale financial innovation.
- As we grow as an organization, we're expanding into some of the world's strongest jurisdictions.
- Speed and efficiency are motivators for our success and our employees live by our company values: High Integrity, Future Forward, Multistakeholder, Mindful, and Driven by Excellence.
Responsibilities
- Define and implement organization-wide data quality standards, including data contracts, SLAs, and governance frameworks across domains
- Design and scale reliability and observability frameworks, including SLI/SLO models, lineage tracking, monitoring, and alerting patterns
- Develop and standardize data engineering SDLC practices, including testing strategies, CI/CD, versioning, and reusable frameworks
- Lead ecosystem-wide platform improvements, identifying architectural gaps, reducing fragmentation, and influencing build vs buy decisions
- Own and deliver complex, high-impact data initiatives, aligning stakeholders, mitigating risks, and driving scalable solutions in ambiguous environments
- Experience leveraging AI tools and methodologies to design and implement the solutions
- Deep expertise in data architecture, including data modeling, pipeline design, and distributed data systems
- Proven ability to define and implement data quality frameworks, including SLAs, data contracts, and governance standards
Skills
- relevant experience, skill set, qualifications, and other business and organizational needs.
- Please note that compensation ranges may differ for candidates in other locations.
Compensation
- Additionally, Circle participates in the E-Verify Program in certain locations, as required by law.
- We respect your privacy and will connect with you separately from our interview process to accommodate your needs.
- $225,000 - $290,000
Benefits
- Drive cross-functional prioritization of reliability initiatives, balancing technical debt, operational health, and product delivery across teams
Equal opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer.
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